Fantrax & Sleeper Premier League Player Rankings: Gameweek 1

Fantrax and Sleeper Gameweek 1 rankings for the 2026/27 Premier League season, including the best players, projected points, floors, lineups and matchup analysis.

Updated on August 21, 2026 11:21AM EST

Fantrax & Sleeper Premier League Player Rankings: Gameweek 1

By:

Adam Zdroik

Updated on August 21, 2026 11:21AM EST

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Fantrax & Sleeper Premier League Rankings: Gameweek 1

Fantasy Premier League may get most of the attention, but Fantrax and Sleeper managers have a very different set of decisions to make heading into Gameweek 1 of the 2026/27 Premier League season.

These weekly rankings are built for Fantrax and Sleeper scoring, where crosses, chances created, tackles, defensive actions and set-piece roles matter alongside goals and assists. Use them to set lineups, compare waiver options and identify the best players at every position for Gameweek 1.

The player pool is based on RotoWire's latest predicted lineups, with projections adjusted for role, matchup, expected minutes and scoring floor.

For full season rankings ahead of your Fantrax or Sleeper draft, check out the Top 400.

Premier League Gameweek 1 Schedule and Fixtures (ET)

3:00 pm: Arsenal vs. Coventry City
7:30 am: Hull City vs. Manchester United
10:00 am: Everton vs. Crystal Palace
10:00 am: Ipswich Town vs. Sunderland
10:00 am: Nottingham Forest vs. Leeds United
12:30 pm: Brentford vs. Tottenham Hotspur
9:00 am: Brighton & Hove Albion vs. Aston Villa
9:00 am: Manchester City vs. AFC Bournemouth
11:30 am: Newcastle United vs. Liverpool
3:00 pm: Fulham vs. Chelsea

For detailed stats and odds, check out the
Fantrax & Sleeper GW1 Cheat Sheet: Lineups, Odds and Stats

Best Fantrax & Sleeper Picks for Gameweek 1

Bruno Fernandes
He was the guy last season. Will it continue in a new campaign after a full preseason with Michael Carrick?
Phil Foden
Foden has entered the conversation again. Due to the lack of bodies early in the season for City, Foden seems set for set pieces and 90 minutes. Rayan Cherki isn't far behind, though he's played less in preseason.
Erling Haaland
Haaland doesn't have the same floor as Doku, but he has the most upside of anyone.
Bukayo Saka
Will Saka start Gameweek 1? If he does, Arsenal are in the best spot of any team.
Dominik Szoboszlai
What will Szoboszlai's role look like under Andoni Iraola? That'll be the biggest thing that determines his fantasy output this season.

Fantrax & Sleeper GW1 Player Rankings

Below are the full Fantrax and Sleeper GW1 player rankings based on projected lineups, form and fixture difficulty. Use these rankings to identify the best Premier League picks across all positions for Fantrax and Sleeper formats in Gameweek 1.

Overall Rank	Pos Rank	Floor Rank	Pos Floor Rank	Player	Matchup	Pos	Pts	Floor
1	1	1	1	Bruno Fernandes	MUN at HUL	M	18.18	12.38
2	2	3	3	Bukayo Saka	ARS v. COV	M	14.32	9.69
3	3	2	2	Phil Foden	MCI v. BOU	M	14.06	9.70
4	1	38	7	Kai Havertz	ARS v. COV	F	13.92	7.24
5	4	4	4	Martin Odegaard	ARS v. COV	M	13.62	9.43
6	2	47	10	Erling Haaland	MCI v. BOU	F	13.54	6.91
7	3	6	1	Matheus Cunha	MUN at HUL	F	13.00	9.28
8	5	10	8	Cole Palmer	CHE v. FUL	M	12.98	8.79
9	6	7	6	Morgan Gibbs-White	NFO v. LEE	M	12.81	9.13
10	7	16	13	Rayan Cherki	MCI v. BOU	M	12.71	8.53
11	4	8	2	Antoine Semenyo	MCI v. BOU	F	12.66	8.90
12	5	37	6	Bryan Mbeumo	MUN at HUL	F	12.13	7.38
13	6	14	3	Cody Gakpo	LIV v. NEW	F	12.13	8.55
14	7	41	8	Igor Thiago	BRE v. TOT	F	12.12	7.13
15	8	5	5	Dominik Szoboszlai	LIV v. NEW	M	11.87	9.40
16	9	15	12	Iliman Ndiaye	EVE v. CRY	M	11.77	8.55
17	8	36	5	Christos Tzolis	ARS v. COV	F	11.64	7.46
18	1	20	1	Harry Maguire	MUN at HUL	D	11.57	8.23
19	9	71	14	Joao Pedro	CHE v. FUL	F	11.54	6.61
20	2	27	3	Diogo Dalot	MUN at HUL	D	11.48	7.87
21	10	17	14	Florian Wirtz	LIV v. NEW	M	11.35	8.51
22	11	30	22	Dango Ouattara	BRE v. TOT	M	11.18	7.73
23	12	9	7	Youri Tielemans	MUN at HUL	M	11.15	8.86
24	13	26	21	Enzo Le Fee	SUN at IPS	M	11.09	7.93
25	14	35	26	Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall	EVE v. CRY	M	11.03	7.46
26	3	62	11	Ben White	ARS v. COV	D	10.90	6.70
27	10	104	20	Alexander Isak	LIV v. NEW	F	10.86	6.22
28	15	21	17	Amad Diallo	MUN at HUL	M	10.86	8.18
29	4	29	4	Neco Williams	NFO v. LEE	D	10.79	7.77
30	11	55	11	Thierno Barry	EVE v. CRY	F	10.77	6.77
31	5	90	19	Gabriel	ARS v. COV	D	10.73	6.35
32	16	23	18	Diego Gomez	BHA v. AVL	M	10.56	8.13
33	12	65	13	Oliver McBurnie	HUL v. MUN	F	10.37	6.68
34	13	79	17	Dominic Calvert-Lewin	LEE at NFO	F	10.37	6.46
35	17	53	36	Ismaila Sarr	CRY at EVE	M	10.36	6.79
36	18	52	35	Jack Hinshelwood	BHA v. AVL	M	10.25	6.82
37	6	22	2	James Tarkowski	EVE v. CRY	D	10.23	8.17
38	14	106	21	Igor Jesus	NFO v. LEE	F	10.21	6.19
39	19	19	16	Mohamed Belloumi	HUL v. MUN	M	10.21	8.31
40	20	13	11	Pascal Gross	BHA v. AVL	M	10.09	8.57
41	7	44	6	Luke Shaw	MUN at HUL	D	10.07	7.01
42	21	11	9	Elliot Anderson	MCI v. BOU	M	9.90	8.73
43	15	60	12	Abdul Fatawu	IPS v. SUN	F	9.86	6.71
44	22	31	23	Marcus Tavernier	BOU at MCI	M	9.71	7.68
45	23	24	19	James McAtee	NFO v. LEE	M	9.67	8.10
46	8	116	33	Riccardo Calafiori	ARS v. COV	D	9.66	6.01
47	24	80	50	Harvey Barnes	NEW at LIV	M	9.63	6.45
48	16	135	22	Gonzalo Garcia	FUL at CHE	F	9.59	5.57
49	17	28	4	Dan Ndoye	NFO v. LEE	F	9.57	7.77
50	25	12	10	Hayden Hackney	EVE v. CRY	M	9.55	8.72
51	9	32	5	Daniel Ballard	SUN at IPS	D	9.54	7.52
52	26	18	15	Anton Stach	LEE at NFO	M	9.53	8.35
53	27	56	37	Harry Wilson	LEE at NFO	M	9.53	6.77
54	10	111	30	Maxim De Cuyper	BHA v. AVL	D	9.45	6.12
55	28	78	49	Morgan Rogers	CHE v. FUL	M	9.43	6.47
56	18	72	15	Rayan	BOU at MCI	F	9.35	6.57
57	19	42	9	Mathys Tel	TOT at BRE	F	9.32	7.09
58	29	77	48	Emiliano Buendia	AVL at BHA	M	9.31	6.48
59	11	86	16	Ola Aina	NFO v. LEE	D	9.28	6.41
60	20	74	16	Rio Ngumoha	LIV v. NEW	F	9.22	6.55
61	12	51	7	Mats Wieffer	BHA v. AVL	D	9.13	6.82
62	13	54	8	Virgil van Dijk	LIV v. NEW	D	9.07	6.77
63	21	160	27	Richarlison	TOT at BRE	F	9.06	5.06
64	14	132	42	Cristhian Mosquera	ARS v. COV	D	9.05	5.66
65	15	88	17	Ayden Heaven	MUN at HUL	D	9.04	6.37
66	16	95	21	Reece James	CHE v. FUL	D	9.02	6.30
67	30	67	42	John McGinn	AVL at BHA	M	8.99	6.67
68	22	92	18	Kevin Schade	BRE v. TOT	F	8.98	6.34
69	31	45	30	Alex Iwobi	FUL at CHE	M	8.92	6.99
70	17	120	36	Matheus Nunes	MCI v. BOU	D	8.81	5.89
71	32	66	41	Marcelino Nunez	IPS v. SUN	M	8.74	6.68
72	23	149	24	Georginio Rutter	BHA v. AVL	F	8.71	5.32
73	33	57	38	Mathias Jensen	BRE v. TOT	M	8.70	6.77
74	18	125	39	Josko Gvardiol	MCI v. BOU	D	8.69	5.84
75	24	171	28	Brian Brobbey	SUN at IPS	F	8.69	4.79
76	19	59	9	Maxence Lacroix	CHE v. FUL	D	8.68	6.77
77	34	49	33	Enzo Fernandez	CHE v. FUL	M	8.55	6.88
78	20	73	13	Murillo	NFO v. LEE	D	8.43	6.55
79	21	105	27	Nikola Milenkovic	NFO v. LEE	D	8.42	6.21
80	22	108	28	James Justin	LEE at NFO	D	8.41	6.17
81	35	40	28	Yasin Ayari	BHA v. AVL	M	8.40	7.14
82	36	58	39	Declan Rice	ARS v. COV	M	8.37	6.77
83	23	82	14	Jarrad Branthwaite	EVE v. CRY	D	8.36	6.44
84	37	34	25	Ryan Gravenberch	LIV v. NEW	M	8.33	7.50
85	24	94	20	Omar Alderete	SUN at IPS	D	8.22	6.31
86	25	109	29	Vitaliy Mykolenko	EVE v. CRY	D	8.22	6.16
87	38	50	34	Vitaly Janelt	BRE v. TOT	M	8.19	6.86
88	26	63	12	Jeremy Jacquet	LIV v. NEW	D	8.15	6.68
89	27	61	10	Jacob Greaves	IPS v. SUN	D	8.15	6.71
90	39	25	20	Mamadou Sangare	BRE v. TOT	M	8.14	7.98
91	28	96	22	Leif Davis	IPS v. SUN	D	8.12	6.30
92	25	141	23	Daizen Maeda	IPS v. SUN	F	8.11	5.46
93	40	75	46	Cesar Palacios	FUL at CHE	M	8.10	6.51
94	29	119	35	Milos Kerkez	LIV v. NEW	D	8.09	5.98
95	30	101	25	Jake O'Brien	EVE v. CRY	D	8.08	6.24
96	26	184	34	Will Osula	NEW at LIV	F	8.01	4.40
97	41	99	58	Justin Kluivert	BOU at MCI	M	7.97	6.26
98	31	103	26	Nathan Collins	BRE v. TOT	D	7.93	6.23
99	27	173	29	Emersonn	IPS v. SUN	F	7.91	4.77
100	28	102	19	Pedro Neto	CHE v. FUL	F	7.84	6.23
101	32	137	44	Trai Hume	SUN at IPS	D	7.83	5.56
102	33	165	59	Nico O'Reilly	MCI v. BOU	D	7.83	4.87
103	34	85	15	Marcos Senesi	TOT at BRE	D	7.72	6.42
104	35	89	18	Chris Richards	CRY at EVE	D	7.68	6.36
105	42	91	55	Oscar Bobb	FUL at CHE	M	7.68	6.35
106	36	115	32	Jan Paul van Hecke	TOT at BRE	D	7.64	6.06
107	43	124	65	Brenden Aaronson	LEE at NFO	M	7.63	5.84
108	37	118	34	Tarik Muharemovic	LEE at NFO	D	7.62	5.99
109	29	183	33	Tammy Abraham	AVL at BHA	F	7.61	4.44
110	44	64	40	Granit Xhaka	SUN at IPS	M	7.60	6.68
111	45	121	64	Alejandro Garnacho	AVL at BHA	M	7.59	5.88
112	46	33	24	Sasa Lukic	IPS v. SUN	M	7.53	7.50
113	38	153	51	Tyrick Mitchell	CRY at EVE	D	7.48	5.19
114	39	126	40	Jaka Bijol	LEE at NFO	D	7.47	5.82
115	40	98	23	Sven Botman	NEW at LIV	D	7.47	6.27
116	41	112	31	Antonee Robinson	FUL at CHE	D	7.44	6.10
117	47	43	29	Moises Caicedo	CHE v. FUL	M	7.43	7.03
118	42	122	37	Dara O'Shea	IPS v. SUN	D	7.41	5.88
119	48	68	43	Jacob Ramsey	NEW at LIV	M	7.40	6.67
120	43	156	54	Jayden Bogle	LEE at NFO	D	7.35	5.13
121	44	139	45	Levi Colwill	CHE v. FUL	D	7.35	5.55
122	49	148	76	Nilson Angulo	SUN at IPS	M	7.35	5.33
123	50	97	57	Conor Gallagher	TOT at BRE	M	7.34	6.30
124	45	168	61	Marco Palestra	CHE v. FUL	D	7.33	4.82
125	46	123	38	Michael Kayode	BRE v. TOT	D	7.32	5.87
126	51	131	69	Josh King	FUL at CHE	M	7.32	5.68
127	52	48	32	Matt Crooks	HUL v. MUN	M	7.31	6.89
128	53	81	51	Mateus Fernandes	TOT at BRE	M	7.28	6.45
129	54	142	73	Merlin Rohl	EVE v. CRY	M	7.26	5.44
130	55	69	44	Sandro Tonali	TOT at BRE	M	7.25	6.66
131	47	100	24	Jaydee Canvot	CRY at EVE	D	7.23	6.25
132	30	150	25	Chemsdine Talbi	SUN at IPS	F	7.20	5.26
133	56	39	27	Ethan Ampadu	LEE at NFO	M	7.19	7.15
134	57	46	31	Alex Scott	BOU at MCI	M	7.18	6.92
135	58	129	67	Mateo Kovacic	MCI v. BOU	M	7.14	5.72
136	59	113	61	Elliot Stroud	HUL v. MUN	M	7.13	6.09
137	31	175	31	Mikey Moore	TOT at BRE	F	7.08	4.73
138	60	87	54	Adam Wharton	CRY at EVE	M	7.05	6.39
139	61	138	72	Jens Hjerto-Dahl	HUL v. MUN	M	7.03	5.55
140	32	158	26	Anthony Elanga	NEW at LIV	F	7.01	5.10
141	48	146	48	Joe Rodon	LEE at NFO	D	7.00	5.37
142	62	110	60	Andrey Santos	MUN at HUL	M	6.99	6.15
143	49	155	53	Ousmane Diomande	NFO v. LEE	D	6.98	5.15
144	50	154	52	Ian Maatsen	AVL at BHA	D	6.95	5.19
145	33	191	36	Jorgen Strand Larsen	CRY at EVE	F	6.95	4.22
146	51	145	47	Olivier Boscagli	BHA v. AVL	D	6.94	5.38
147	52	128	41	Malick Thiaw	NEW at LIV	D	6.94	5.75
148	34	186	35	Evanilson	BOU at MCI	F	6.90	4.26
149	63	84	53	Boubacar Kamara	AVL at BHA	M	6.84	6.43
150	64	114	62	Keane Lewis-Potter	BRE v. TOT	M	6.83	6.06
151	65	70	45	Daichi Kamada	CRY at EVE	M	6.81	6.63
152	53	147	49	Lewis Hall	NEW at LIV	D	6.81	5.35
153	54	140	46	Kristoffer Ajer	BRE v. TOT	D	6.79	5.47
154	55	164	58	Ruben Dias	MCI v. BOU	D	6.79	4.87
155	66	76	47	Regan Slater	HUL v. MUN	M	6.73	6.50
156	56	169	62	Ferdi Kadioglu	BHA v. AVL	D	6.71	4.81
157	67	143	74	Dwight McNeil	CRY at EVE	M	6.71	5.41
158	57	159	56	Reinildo	SUN at IPS	D	6.56	5.10
159	35	182	32	Loum Tchaouna	COV at ARS	F	6.55	4.44
160	1	217	20	David Raya	ARS v. COV	G	6.54	2.64
161	2	209	13	Senne Lammens	MUN at HUL	G	6.52	3.15
162	58	157	55	Chadi Riad	CRY at EVE	D	6.52	5.10
163	59	133	43	John Egan	HUL v. MUN	D	6.48	5.61
164	68	144	75	Ross Barkley	AVL at BHA	M	6.43	5.38
165	69	93	56	Matt Grimes	COV at ARS	M	6.38	6.32
166	70	176	81	Tatsuhiro Sakamoto	COV at ARS	M	6.37	4.70
167	36	174	30	Yoane Wissa	NEW at LIV	F	6.31	4.74
168	71	83	52	Lewis Cook	BOU at MCI	M	6.29	6.44
169	3	188	2	Robin Roefs	SUN at IPS	G	6.24	4.25
170	37	199	37	Ellis Simms	COV at ARS	F	6.23	3.84
171	60	152	50	Semi Ajayi	HUL v. MUN	D	6.23	5.21
172	72	107	59	Florentino Luis	IPS v. SUN	M	6.22	6.17
173	73	134	70	Ibrahim Sangare	NFO v. LEE	M	6.15	5.59
174	4	194	6	Matz Sels	NFO v. LEE	G	6.15	3.99
175	61	178	65	Andrew Robertson	TOT at BRE	D	6.09	4.65
176	62	166	60	Timothy Castagne	FUL at CHE	D	6.07	4.85
177	63	172	63	Luka Vuskovic	BHA v. AVL	D	6.06	4.78
178	74	136	71	Aladji Bamba	NEW at LIV	M	6.03	5.57
179	64	189	70	Amar Dedic	NEW at LIV	D	5.96	4.23
180	65	185	69	Jeremie Frimpong	LIV v. NEW	D	5.91	4.29
181	75	117	63	Caleb Yirenkyi	COV at ARS	M	5.88	5.99
182	5	192	5	James Trafford	LEE at NFO	G	5.80	4.16
183	6	201	9	Jordan Pickford	EVE v. CRY	G	5.77	3.65
184	7	161	1	Konstantinos Tzolakis	HUL v. MUN	G	5.74	5.03
185	76	130	68	Noah Sadiki	SUN at IPS	M	5.74	5.71
186	77	127	66	Sander Berge	FUL at CHE	M	5.71	5.80
187	8	190	4	Zion Suzuki	AVL at BHA	G	5.62	4.22
188	66	198	74	Oscar Mingueza	CRY at EVE	D	5.54	3.87
189	67	162	57	James Hill	BOU at MCI	D	5.54	5.02
190	68	196	72	Issa Diop	IPS v. SUN	D	5.53	3.90
191	78	163	78	Archie Gray	TOT at BRE	M	5.34	5.01
192	69	197	73	Matty Cash	AVL at BHA	D	5.28	3.89
193	79	170	80	Myles Lewis-Skelly	ARS v. COV	M	5.23	4.81
194	70	193	71	Tyrone Mings	AVL at BHA	D	5.18	4.06
195	80	151	77	Frank Onyeka	COV at ARS	M	5.12	5.22
196	9	211	15	Robert Sanchez	CHE v. FUL	G	5.10	3.08
197	10	202	10	Dean Henderson	CRY at EVE	G	4.98	3.61
198	71	180	67	Bobby Thomas	COV at ARS	D	4.97	4.45
199	72	177	64	Antonio Silva	BOU at MCI	D	4.87	4.65
200	11	215	18	Gianluigi Donnarumma	MCI v. BOU	G	4.84	2.83
201	81	167	79	Harrison Armstrong	EVE v. CRY	M	4.82	4.83
202	73	205	77	Ryan Giles	HUL v. MUN	D	4.80	3.43
203	74	179	66	Jorge Cuenca	FUL at CHE	D	4.78	4.50
204	12	200	8	Lukas Hornicek	NEW at LIV	G	4.75	3.77
205	13	213	16	Caoimhin Kelleher	BRE v. TOT	G	4.73	2.93
206	75	181	68	Aurele Amenda	COV at ARS	D	4.71	4.45
207	14	187	3	Djordje Petrovic	BOU at MCI	G	4.69	4.26
208	15	216	19	Alisson	LIV v. NEW	G	4.69	2.73
209	16	210	14	Kjell Scherpen	IPS v. SUN	G	4.66	3.12
210	17	214	17	Bart Verbruggen	BHA v. AVL	G	4.65	2.83
211	18	207	12	Antonin Kinsky	TOT at BRE	G	4.63	3.26
212	19	206	11	Bernd Leno	FUL at CHE	G	4.59	3.33
213	20	195	7	Carl Rushworth	COV at ARS	G	4.45	3.96
214	76	204	76	Calvin Bassey	FUL at CHE	D	4.40	3.46
215	77	208	78	Adrien Truffert	BOU at MCI	D	4.29	3.19
216	78	203	75	Lewie Coyle	HUL v. MUN	D	4.23	3.57
217	79	212	79	Pau Torres	AVL at BHA	D	4.15	3.04
218	80	218	80	Milan van Ewijk	COV at ARS	D	3.14	2.47
219	81	219	81	Jay Dasilva	COV at ARS	D	2.55	2.29
220	82	220	82	Adam Smith	BOU at MCI	D	1.52	1.43

Final Thoughts

Gameweek 1 is always the most uncertain ranking slate of the season. New managers, new signings and unclear minutes can create more volatility than usual, so prioritize players with secure roles and strong scoring floors.

Bruno Fernandes, Jeremy Doku and Bukayo Saka headline the midfield options, while Erling Haaland remains the top high-ceiling forward. As lineups become clearer before the deadline, check back for updates to projected minutes and player rankings.